Poultry water-can



(NoMoael.)

M. H. STRONG POULTRY WATBRGAN.

No. 331,097. Patented Nov. 24, 1885.

WITNES SES INVENTOB.

ATTURNEYS.

UNITED- STATES Mannion n'. STRONG,

' PATENT OFFICE.

OF onroinnarr, OHIO.

POULTRY WATER-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331.097, dated November24,' 1885.

Application flied Novemser 4, 1834. semi No. 141,149. (no modem To allwhoml it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAURICE H. STRONG, of Cincinnati, Hamilton' county,Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Poultry Water` Can, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention isV to provide a new and improved poultrywater-can, which is so constructed that the fowls cannot soil the waterby Steppin g intoit or scratching dirtinto it, and which can isconstructed as a. fountain to supply the water to the trough as rapidlyas it may require.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement ofparts,'asvwill be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

The neck on the can and iiange in the cup are provided with apertures,through which the water can pass from 'the can into the circular orannular trough formed in the cup.

Reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecication, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in al1 the figures.

Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of my im' proved poultry water-can.Fig. 2 is Va sectional plan View o n the line .c w, Fig. 1, and Figs. 3and 4 show the joint for uniting the can and cup.

The can A, which is open at the bottom, is provided at its top with ascrew-neck, B, on which a screw-cap, C, is secured to close the top ofthe can, a packing-ring being interposed between the top of the can andthe fange of the screw-cap for the purpose of forming a close and tightjoint. A. bail, D, is secured to the can near its top.

The can preferably increases in diameter from the top to within a shortdistance from the bottom, and is then contracted.

On the lower end of the can a downwardlyprojecting neck, E, is formed,and on a dat cup, F, an upwardly-projecting iiange, G, is

formed, inwhich the neck E' ts closely, and which fiange G forms anannular trough, H, inthe cup F. L-shaped slots .I are provided in thetop part of the ange G, from the-top, edge down, and pins K project fromthe neck E. Apertures L are formed in the neck E and flange G, whichcoincide when the 'neckE is locked in the flange G.

To till the can, the neck E is placed in the flange G, the pins Kpassing into the slots J, to hold the cup F to the can. The cap C is iunscrewed and the can is immersed in water, 5 5 the water passingthrough thel apertures L into the can and gradually filling the same.When the can is filled as mulch asdesired, the cap C is 'screwedon an-dthe can removed from the water.

The level of the Awater in the trough H isslightly above the aperturesL, fand when the water-level sinks below the apertures L fresh wat-erows from the can," but only until the apertures L are closedagain.

The several parts can easily be taken apart for scouring and cleaningthem.

The can can be carried about very and all waste of water is prevented.

Having thus described my invention,- I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with the can A, hav ing the neckE, of the cup F, having the {innge G, "the neck E and dange G having:apertures which can be adjusted to coincide, 'substantially as hereinshown and described.

2. The combination, with the'can Af, hav ing the neck E, provided withAapertures L and pins K, oft-he cup F, having Vthe upwardeasily,

slots J' and apertures L, substantially as herein shown and described.

MAURICE H. STRONG. Witnesses:

E. H. STRONG, P. R. Dickenson'.

ly-projecting angeG,provided with L-shaped 8o-

